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                <p>You use the <span class="ui">Title</span> and <span class="ui">ID</span> fields to
                    uniquely identify work items in a list. You use the <span class="ui">Description
                    </span> and <span class="ui">History</span> fields to provide additional information
                    that is needed to implement the work item and to track changes that are made to
                    the work item. </p>
                <p>After a work item is created, you can modify each of these fields except for <span
                    class="ui">ID</span>. When you create and save a work item, the ID is assigned by
                    Team Foundation and cannot be changed. </p>
                <p>The <span class="ui">Title</span>, <span class="ui">ID</span>, <span class="ui">Description
                    </span>, and <span class="ui">History</span> fields are used to track information
                    and changes for all work item types provided with the Microsoft Solutions Framework
                    (MSF) for Agile Software Development - v5.0 process template.</p>
                <p><span class="label">In this topic</span> </p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#FieldsOnForm">Fields that Appear on Work Item Forms</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#RevisionFields">Fields that Support Revision Tracking</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="#AdditionalFields">Additional Fields that Support Query and Reporting</a>
                        </p>
                    </li>
                </ul>
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            <h1 class="heading"><span onclick="ExpandCollapse(sectionToggle0)" style="cursor: default;"
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                <img id="sectionToggle0" class="toggle" name="toggleSwitch" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" />Fields
                that Appear on Work Item Forms</span> </h1>
            <div id="sectionSection0" class="section" name="collapseableSection" style="">
                <p>The following table describes the fields that are used in tracking detailed information
                    and historical revisions made for a work item. For information about data types
                    and default field attributes, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/c735a582-954a-418e-8b12-1b5c0b9857b9">
                        Working with Work Item Fields</a></span>.</p>
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                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Field name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Description</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data type</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the reportable type attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the index attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">ID</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The unique identifier that is assigned to a work item. Work item IDs are unique across
                                    all team projects and work items that are defined in a team project collection.
                                </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.Id</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Integer</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>True</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Title</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>A short description that summarizes what the work item is and helps users distinguish
                                    it from other work items in a list.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.Title</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>True</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Description</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The long description of a work item. This field provides more details about the work
                                    item than the title provides.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.Description</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>PlainText</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">History</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The record of changes that were made to the work item after it was created. Every
                                    time that the work item is updated, information is appended to the history, which
                                    specifies the date of the change, who made the changes, and which fields were changed.
                                </p>
                                <p>You can also add formatted text to the history field.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.History</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>History</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                that Support Revision Tracking</span> </h1>
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                <p>You can use the fields in the following table to filter queries and create reports.
                    These fields are updated with information every time that a work item is modified.
                    These fields do not appear on the work item form, but they are tracked for all types
                    of work items. </p>
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                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Field name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Description</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data type</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the reportable type attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the index attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Changed By</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The name of the team member who modified the work item most recently.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.ChangedBy</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>True</p>
                            </td>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Changed Date</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Date and time when the work item was modified most recently.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.RevisedDate</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>DateTime</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Rev</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>A number that is assigned to the historical revision of a work item. </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.Rev</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Integer</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                Fields that Support Query and Reporting</span> </h1>
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                <p>You can use the fields in the following table to filter queries and create reports.
                    The following fields do not appear on work item forms, but they are tracked for
                    all types of work items. </p>
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                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Field name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Description</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data type</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the reportable type attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the index attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Node Name</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The name of the parent node to which this work item belongs. The value for this field
                                    is the same as the team project.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.NodeName</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>None</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Team Project</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The team project to which this work item belongs.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.TeamProject</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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                            <td>
                                <p>Work Item Type</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The name of the work item type.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>System.WorkItemType</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>True</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
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